St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-08-13
A SUMMER OUTING.
THE TRIP OF A GAY PARTY TO
LAKE WINSEPISAUKEE.

Some of the Disadvantages Attending q
Sail up the River-D0ubled and Twisted
BIankets-The "ScOuset" Colony and Its
Manner of Living-An Ideal City.
A gay party started from New York the
other evening" the majority bound for an
island in Lake Winnepisaukee, where it was
to spend two happy weeks undisturbed by
postal ortelegram, messenger or telephone-a
blissful but not solitary isolation, i'll which
care could be forgotten.
1t does not matter who the party consisted
of-the youngest and brightest was the elder
as. to years-and all We're disposed to see the
best side of everything even dinner, night
and breakfast on Fall River boat This
however, is not the rosy experience one is
sometimes led to imagine, and is costly
daylight out upon the bay and moonlight
up the sound is more attractive than rail-
road riding, with the thermometer at ninety
five in the shade. But why, Q why, cannot
trip of this kind be made pleasure all the
way through? Why must it be marred by
vlllainous Tablespoon cooking, bad service,
and an amount of loud talking, tramping
and noise at all hours of the night that added
to the inevitable "wheep' and working
worries, puts sleep as far from the
tourist as from the night walking Lady
Macbeth. Our freedom is unfortunate in
showing itself every day, mainly in a want
of discipline and utter disregard of other
peoples convenience. Rates have been in
creased this season, and trip to Boston is
81 instead of So, as heretofore. Add to this
meals and the cost of a state-roOm, and
you will be out of pocket s. or So before
reaching Boston,9 1t is true that women
sometimes economic by taking a lunch;
men never do. But every one knows what
dismal thing the cracker and sandwich
lunch is, and when people, especially
women, go away from home on holiday
trip, part of the pleasure is getting out Of
the routine and monotony of their home
life. its perhaps rather limited diet and the
experience of different food and service.
Americans take their pleasures rather per-
functorily any way. There is no spontanety
in them. and little genuine interest in
what they see or what they are going
to do. They carry about with them
too many cares everything costs so
SO much, and the result is usually so little
satisfying that if it were not for the restless
ness which calls loudly for Change of
some kind, and the unconscious influence of
the desire to do as others do, few would
leave their homes.
These and other cheerful topics were being
discussed by our party in the pessimistic
way usual to pleasure parties when a Jolly
or,I Ial11
is gray, but as young as he was thirty years
ago, remarked:
Il know all about that" including in
the small but comprehensive word all our
complaints. "A poor devil Of newspaper
man cannot afford hotel bills and the
COMPOUNDED prices they stick on to every
thing, SO determined to solve the problem
for myself and few others, and I think l
have done it,
Never heard of my 'Scouset' colony?
Why, where have you lived l was
prowling round old Nantucket one summer
and l found it, or rather the possibilities
of it. in little fishing village at the extreme
end of that antic uated islande The people
were old timers-they lived by tishing-upon
first principles don't you see, c>hich was Just /
what l wanted to get back - l bought .
and and have built sixteen cottages-new,
but old style-iust like the cottages they .
have there, only shade more roomy and .
comfortable. They are furnished complete, .
even to crockery and bed linen, and are
rented for the season all the way from 500 .
to 5000. People can go there and keep house .
or they can occupy cottage and take their
meals at first-rate restaurant, which is very
moderate in its charges. There is no fashion
there, thank Heaven we can dress as we
please and do as we please, with proper re-
gard to Our rights and privileges.
THE people like us? Oh, yes be
cause we like them, and are like them. We
lon't put on airs or interfere with their
ways, or spoil them by finging away
money, or affecting style and expenditure
to which they are not accustomed. We go
TO rough it, at least that is what some people
would call it, but for my part l never knew
What solid comfort was till got to Scouset.'
want to see cottage? Well, here are
ONE pictures keep in my vest pocket to
ook at when l am in New York. Pretty, amt
hey? Quaint but not exactly pretty?
Why, l think they beat the Vanderbilts.
would rather have one of those cottages in
ummer than Vanderbilt's house or his
acht, for l should not know what to do
With either of Them
This DEPRESSION naturally started us all off
7ild on the labor problem, and we dis
used Powderly, Henry George and DR.. Nc
lynn until one of us remarked, "Well, I
ever have beenhable to see through Henry
ieorge's land theory, nor the practicability
f his scheme for making land free. fits
dvocates want free land there is still enough
it. Why don't they take up claim ?
tut they do not want it until labor and en-
rgy have made it valuable and it is this
abor and energy which is to be given, not
re land, which would be valueless without
:. The piece of b arren waste by the sea
bore lay ready to be picked up for song,
ntil our friend here came along and saw
ay to utilize it. A dozen or twenty men
ould have done it. 1t required the genius
nd prompt action of one, and that is the
'ay this whole new world has been built
p"
''Bravow said "Scouset." "While you are
the mood for discussing social questions
e went on,"T would like to introduce to
lis party friend Of mine-a man who has